'n Sync Star Told: Pay Or No Trip

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August 20, 2002

MOSCOW -- The Russian space agency has given 'N Sync singer Lance Bass five days to come up with payment for a trip to the international space station this fall, agency spokesman Konstantin Kreidenko said Monday. If payment is not received by Friday, he said, the 23-year-old will not be permitted to take part in the mission, which is scheduled to begin Oct. 28. The price tag for such a "space tourist trip" is said to be about $20 million.